Where: Provence, France (43.3° N, 5.3° E: paleocoordinates 43.3° N, 5.3° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
When: Middle Pleistocene (0.8 - 0.1 Ma)
• Generally Middle Pleistocene, although possibly Wurm (Late Pleistocene).
Environment/lithology:
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Collection methods: Described briefly by Marion in 1883.
Primary reference: M. F. Bonifay. 1973. Principaux gisements paleontologiques Francais du Pleistocene Moyen: Essai de classification. Le Quaternaire 41-50 [A. Turner/H. O'Regan/H. O'Regan]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 49090: authorized by Alan Turner, entered by Hannah O'Regan on 08.04.2005
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia | |
"Lagomys sp." = Marmota
"Lagomys sp." = Marmota Frisch 1775 marmot Taxonomy updated to either Marmota or Ochotona (not clear which is meant here).
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Hystrix major porcupine | |
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